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200 10$aTaking life imprisonment seriously $ein national and international law /$fby Dirk van Zyl Smit
205   $a1st ed.
210   $aThe Hague ;$aLondon $cKluwer Law International$dc2002
215   $a1 online resource (253 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a90-411-1772-5 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $aAcknowledgements. -- 1. Studying Life Imprisonment. -- 2. The United States of America. -- 3. England and Wales. -- 4. Germany. -- 5. International Criminal Justice. -- 6. Taking Life Imprisonment Seriously. -- Bibliography. -- List of Tables. -- Index.
330   $aLife imprisonment is a complex and drastic penal sanction. It gives the State the power to curtail the liberty of offenders for the rest of their lives. In many jurisdictions life imprisonment is the ultimate sanction for the most serious crimes. It is frequently touted as an alternative to the death penalty. At the same time, life imprisonment is often imposed as a preventive measure, where the offence alone does not justify using the ultimate sanction in the penal arsenal. The complexity of life imprisonment is frequently overlooked. Often it is assumed that it is not as drastic as it sounds, as it will not be enforced for the whole life of the offender. There may also be a reluctance to subject life imprisonment to close scrutiny, lest its perceived suitability as an alternative to the death penalty be undermined. This book tackles the complexity of life imprisonment head on by describing how various forms of it are imposed and implemented in the United States of America, in England and Wales and in Germany, as well as in the emerging international system of criminal justice. From this basis it examines the justifications advanced for life imprisonment and the modifications that have resulted in individual jurisdictions in response to criticisms of its imposition and implementation. At the same time, the book develops a more general critique of life imprisonment. It evaluates it against constitutional human rights standards that have been developed in many jurisdictions to judge the acceptability of punishment generally. It concludes that some current practices in both the imposition and implementation of life imprisonment clearly are fundamentally unacceptable, but that questions remain, even about carefully implemented life sentences imposed for the most serious crimes. The jurisprudential analysis provides the basis for a major re-evaluation of life imprisonment and raises doubts about the unquestioning acceptance of this ultimate penalty.
606   $aLife imprisonment
606   $aCriminal justice, Administration of
615  0$aLife imprisonment.
615  0$aCriminal justice, Administration of.
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